Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of GERMANY - HEINKEL Aircraft
Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of GERMANY - HEINKEL Aircraft

Author: P.D. Stemp

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1326112589

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The detailed history of the Heinkel aircraft manufacturers from their early years, through the war years and beyond. Specifications, performance, dimensions, weights, armament, engines and other relevant details. Details on around seven hundred aircraft, plus just over three hundred and fifty pictures and ninety five plan diagrams.

Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-03-23

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0786452803

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and development of the German air force from 1935 to 1945, with descriptions and illustrations of almost all of the Luftwaffe's airplanes, including fighters, jet fighters, dive-bombers, ground attackers, medium and heavy bombers, jet bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and carrier planes, transport and gliders, reconnaissance and training aircrafts, helicopters, and many futuristic projects and other rarities.

Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe
Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe

Author: James Wilson

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2007-03-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1844154912

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe focuses on the efforts of the powerful Nazi propaganda machine to promote the technical achievements and might of the then newly created German airforce. The Luftwaffe had been announced to the world in March 1935, despite the restrictions contained in the Versailles Treaty signed after the First World War denying Germany the right to develop military aircraft. All major aircraft types used by the Luftwaffe together with many lesser known, obscure and secondary types are represented in this book. There is a section covering the main figures of the Luftwaffe and the leading aces who flew the aircraft. The German Air and Propaganda ministries worked together and, using professional photographers produced quality images, which were then made available to the general public in an attempt to inspire the nation and create strong moral.

Condor
Condor

Author: Patrick Laureau

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0811706885

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Actions of the German air force during the Spanish Civil War. Covers the bombing of Guernica and other events. Draws from previously undiscovered source material.

Flying Boats & Seaplanes
Flying Boats & Seaplanes

Author: Stéphane Nicolaou

Publisher: Zenith Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0760306214

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Beginning with races that were staged at elegant French resorts in the early part of the century, flying boats and seaplanes have played an integral part in aviation history. World War I spurred the development of these machines, and by the 1930s, flying boats and seaplanes had become pioneers in transcontinental flight. This photo-filled history recalls the role of flying boats and seaplanes in civil and military aviation history, and the enthusiasm of the engineers and pilots who are associated with their development. In addition to the golden years of hydraviation prior to World War II, author Nicolaou examines the decline of the seaplane, and its subsequent renaissance in nations that are today considered seaplane paradises. The saga is illustrated by more than 200 rare photographs uncovered in archives around the globe.

Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIA
Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIA

Author: Nigel Askey

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 1304453294

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Operation Barbarossa: Volume IIA concerns the Wehrmacht. All the significant German weapon systems and combat squads used in the campaign are analysed using the quantitative methodology detailed in Volume I, along with the contextual history. An assessment of each weapon system's inherent 'combat power' is provided, as well as attributes such as the relative anti-tank, anti-personnel and anti-aircraft values. Volume IIA then focuses on the detailed Kriegstarkenachweisungen (KStN, or TOE) for German land units (including those in the West), as well as the unit's actual organisation and equipment. All significant units in the German Army (Heer), Waffen SS, Luftwaffe and security forces are included; ranging from the largest panzer divisions, down to small anti-aircraft companies, military-police units, Landesschutzen battalions, and rail-road and construction companies. In all cases the data is presented in detailed tables, using the weapon systems and combat squads previously analysed.

Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of GERMANY - E to H
Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of GERMANY - E to H

Author: P. D. Stemp

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-04-19

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1291292683

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A history of German aviation from the very early days to the present time. Old and new through both World wars. Biplanes - Triplanes - Seaplanes and Monoplanes, plus other types. Details on: - performance, dimensions, weights, first flights, pictures and plans, plus other relevant details. The book contains around: - three hundred and thirty five pages - six hundred and tweve pictures and one hundred and forty one plan diagrams. There are details on around one thousand, four hundred and forty five individual aircraft. Manufacturers include: - Euler - Eurocopter - Fieseler - Focke-Wulf - Fokker - Friedrichschafen - Gotha - Grob - Halberstadt - Heinkel - Henschel - Horten - to name but a few. Enjoy.

German Light Cruisers of World War II
German Light Cruisers of World War II

Author: Gerhard Koop

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1848321945

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??This volume is devoted to the six ships from Emden to NÙrnberg that were built between the wars. They were primarily intended for commerce-raiding, but the war gave them few opportunities for such employment, although they did provide useful support for key naval operations in the Baltic and North Sea. Two were lost in the 1940 Norway campaign, but the remainder survived for most of the conflict.

The Luftwaffe: A History
The Luftwaffe: A History

Author: John Killen

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2013-06-12

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1781591105

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

John Killen's exhaustive work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction. Here are the aircraft: the frail biplanes and triplanes of the Kaiser's war; the great Lufthansa aircraft and airships of the turbulent Thirties; the monoplanes designed to help Hitler in his conquest of Europe. Here are the generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe - the swaggering Goering, the playboy Udet, the ebullient Kesselring and the scapegoat Jeschonnek; here, too, are the pilots who tried to keep faith with their Fatherland despite overwhelming odds; Adolf Galland, Werner Molders, Joachim Marseille and Hanna Reitsch. Not least are the actions fought by the Luftwaffe from the Spanish Civil War to the Battle of Britain, through the bloody struggle for Crete and the siege of Stalingrad to the fearful twilight over Berlin.

Catapult Aircraft
Catapult Aircraft

Author: Leo Marriott

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2006-09-21

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 184415419X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

During World War I, the navies of the opposing forces discovered the value of aerial reconnaissance and many experiments were made to allow larger warships to carry one or sometimes two aircraft aboard. In the early days these were float planes that were lowered by crane into the sea and then lifted back aboard upon their return. This was a lengthy affair and when a speedy departure was necessary, time was of the essence. A new system was devised so that a powerful catapult system and a short ramp could, with the added speed of the ship, get an aircraft airborne in a fraction of the time previously required. Thus was born a highly specialised type of aircraft. This book includes all the major designs that went to war in the First and Second World Wars and includes aircraft used by all the combatants. It looks at how the aircraft evolved and how the warships were modified to accommodate the aircraft and the catapult system. The use of these fixed-wing aircraft was abandoned when the invention of the helicopter was made in the early post WW II years.